The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-17 00:00:00

which it is alleged that a holy minister of the Gos-1 pel presided at the shooting to death of ten or twelve of his parishioners. The resistance that caused that shooting could have taken place under none but an Orange Administration. Whether the instructions were right or wrong, or whether Whigs or Tories prepared them, it mat ters not a straw. A Tory Ministry was in power, and the Irish people will not endure under a Tory Ministry what they would endure under a Liberal or Reform Ministry. In the same circumstances, under the Marquis of Nor manby, the transaction in question would not—we might safely say could not—have occurred ; so important is the character and spirit of the Government we establish beyond the Channel. It is notorious that since the Marquis of Nor manby went to Ireland numerous combinations of ascendancy have taken place, far moreirritating, farmore oppressive,far more likely than Archdeacon Ryder's foray to lead to armed collision and shedding of blood. Yet since the Noble Mar quis entered on his present office there has been no Rath corrnack, there has been no sanguinery collision between the authorities and the populace, although the law was never (by Tory confession!) so vigorously administered by the Castle, or put into motion so oppressively and barbarously by the parsons. A return was made to the House of Commons of tithe-suits instituted between January, 1835, and June, 1836. In that brief space nearly 400 declarations were filed in the law Courts, and 1,552 bills in the Court of Chancery for tithes ! Some of these bills were filed against more than 200 defendants. In those six months no fewer than 15,000 Roman Catholics, many of them paupers, were dragged into the Court of Exchequer by the ferocious process called the Writ of Rebellion, issued at the suit of the Protestant Clergy, men who in conscience end equity had as much claim against the Irish Catholics for tithes, or any other payment, as they have against the settlers at the Cape of Good Hope or the people of Cochin China. Yet there was no Rathcormack. The old, the sick, and the maimed were dragged from the remotest parishes in the island, and thrown into the dungeons of the Irish capital, and no degree of outrage could engender the slightest dis position to resist the law. The present Irish Govern ment, in truth, has been the golden age of sinecure parsons and oppressive landlords. We fear we are raising an argument against liberal dynasties in Ire land ; but certain it is that the extortioner and the local despot have a liberty and security in that country under a popular Government which they did not enjoy under the most ferocious Tory system. A Tory Government has one advantage, and but one : it keeps the local oppressor in that degree of con troul which results from the fear of a people over whose conduct he knows the Government has no constraint or influence. Under the Marquis of Normanby the tyranny of parson and proprietor has had full swing. Under no other administration could the Ryders, Beresfords, Hing stones, and Murrays have so fearfully hunted end harried, tormented and slaughtered, the unoffending natives of the country. Under no other Administration could the Rev. Marcus Beresford's diabolical advice of extermination have been acted upon so systematically, and with such compara tive impunity, by the Orange landlords. Ungrateful To ries ! you are, of all the parties in the State, the most deeply indebted to the present Government of Ireland ; but for that Government, and its unprecedented sway over the people, you might confidently reckon upon blow for blow, and outrage for ourtage, as there is certainly nothing that has, for the last three years, screened you from the fiercest retaliation, but that respect for the law and the Government which has been generated by men who have sustained that law with equal clemency and vigour, and taught the mass of the people to look up with reverence and affection to the depositaries and vicegerents of British power.--Morning Chronicle. Several times lately have we called upon the Reformers of Great Britain and Ireland to unite for a common object, rather than by a division of their strength to afford to party an opportunity of making the agitation in one portion of the empire a counterpoise to that in the other, and thus securing its own- triumph at the expense of both. This union, however, is so important and desirable, that it cannot be too frequently and impressively urged upon the attention of Reformers in all parts of the empire ; and therefore, at the risk of being considered tedious and tautological, we continue our earnest and anxious efforts towards that most desirable consummation. In both countries the power about to be put in action is awful. On its judicious exercise depends the fate of the British empire ; and, therefore, awful also is the responsibility of those charged with its direction. Agitation, at a time so critical as the present, should address itself to the accomplishment of great and comprehensive principles recognized by all friends of reform, and not encumber itself with details which are unsuitable to the decision of multitudes of men, and likely—nay, certain—when introduced, to disturb the unanimity essential to success. For this reason, we have conjured, and do conjure, the people of Great Britain and Ireland to take their stand on the broad ground of " Household Suffrage and the Ballot," whereon every true Reformer can fight the battle of liberty without a sacrifice of opinion or principle. We know, and pledge ourselves, that notwithstanding the more extensive claims made by the Reformers of England, that the adoption of these mea sures by the Legislature would give perfect satisfaction to the nation : the more extensive claims being put forward, not so much with the expectation of their realization as to assert their abstract justice, from a feeling most na tural to_all men, when refused a moderate and just demand to urge their right to its utmost extent. To concentrate the action of the Reformers of Great Britain on these Points would be a task of comparative facility ; and w i t h regard to the Reformers of Ireland, notwithstanding the nu merous and complicated objects proposed by the Precursor Society, and the rejection by its founder of all association with English Reformers, yet we confidently hope that they also will ere long see the advantage of uniting for the first great purpose of a free people—a full and fair repre sentation in the Legislature. This hope is strength ened by the fact that many of Ireland's best Reformers keep aloof from the Society till its purpose be more dis tinctly defined, and many others join it solely with a view of bringing its action more speedily to bear on objects more practical than those set forth on its formation. Some of its professed objects are such as no rational man could hope to accomplish, and of which not one individual Pre cursor entertains the slightest or most remote expectation. Who, for instance, is so insane as to expect that sixty Members will be deducted from the representation of Eng land and added to the representation of Ireland in the next or any other Session of Parliament ? Who would have the audacity to brave the ridicule of the British House of Commons by making such a proposition within its walls ? Will even the Member for Dublin ?—Fudge It is not so much an increase to the number of her Repre sentatives as a more extensive and better protected suffrage in their election, that Ireland needs to accomplish her re generation. Of what advantage would it be to Ireland to have an increase to the number of her Representatives if these Representatives shall be chosen, as many are at pre sent, by the dictation of Tory-Orange landlords, or the cor rupt influence of Tory-Orange Corporations ? To use the native idiom, " Such again would be a mighty great loss." Let the suffrage be first extended and protected—let the people be first enabled to exercise a free choice in the election of Representatives, and it will be then time enough to discuss the question of increasing their number. To increase the number of Irish Representatives, in the present st its of the lianchise, would be merely to impose an additional burden on popular action. Ireland has at present many Members —those of Armagh, Sligo, &c.—she could very well spare, and, to reverse the foregoing idiom, " the loss would be a mighty great gain." Dismiss from your minds, then, Re formers of Ireland, a proposition so absorb, impracticable, and useless as that of making an addition to your Repre sentatives by a deduction from ours. It is not from selfish motives we deprecate the proposition, for we also have many, very many, Members of whom we would gladly make you a present, did we not fear it would prove to you to be one of those Grecian presents—sure to prove detrimental to the recipients. You forfeits the respect due u to your intelligen ce b y enterta in ingpuerile pro positions, while objects o f such eh momentous interest demand your most earnest attention and exertion. You lose your moral weight an d i n fl uence b insisting. y on concessions which you h ave no intention of !rif or cing, obtain. and which you know you cannot otherwise ves no t the number of Representatives, but I, their quality, w hich should engage your attention a n d ours. The pro ceedings of the House of Commons of late years have afforded but little verification of the adag e —. in the mul titude of .counsellors there is wisdom." A single score se e f= t oLt s ll ,l ; of Representatives fairly po ch pu o l s a e r n bcyontthreolfrbeey people, and subject to triennial—electio ns, w ould be infinitely b etter calculated t o counsel for the national interests, than hundreds chosen like the present Houseof .Commons, by co n t racted and coerced constituencies. Join with us, therefore, in purify ing the representation. If there be any Ballot, let him any amongst y ou w h o and object to Household Sujerage de clare himself, we seek not his co-operation ; but as you ho nest Reformers value all that is dear to you, accept the eight hand of fellowship which we offer to y•ou,r, flous e , pudiat e e . -- humbug, and unite with us in the great claimd t , for erti hold Suffrage and the Ballot." -Morning j A few days ago we offered some remarks up se onr. Lord John AusselPs " hope," expressed to a small company at Liverpool, "that much would soon be done to raise the people, in a moral point of view, by an enlightened and re ligious education." Our view of the matter was, that sup posing anything to be really attempted in this way by the present Government, it would be some experimental quack ery, which, however it might profess to be religious, would not be so according to the views of religious people, and would therefore turn out, like most 'Whig schemes, an utter failure. We stated at the time the reasons which itriluenced ns in coming to that opinion, and we need not pow repeat them. Our present purpose is to give some additional consideration to the subject, with reference to the ably-stated views which were v,iven to the public in the Spectator of last Satur day. Our Contemporary entertains doubt that anything at all will be attempted for the furtherance of public edu cation in the next session of Parliament, notwithstanding the " hope" that Lord John Russell is trying to kindle. The same hope was attempted to be raised by Lord John in his address to the constituency of Stroud, with a view to the election of the present Parliament : " The State,' said Lord John, has in this matter a para mount duty to perform. It was the benevolent wish of George the Third that every child in his dominions might be able to read the Bible—may his illustrious descendant see that wish accomplished l' " The session, however, passed with nothing done to pro mote National Education, beyond the usual grant of 20,0001. which is to be expended in a highly objectionable manner, and on the principle that they who need help most shall re ceive the least. The paramount duty' of the State—which means one of the most presQing duties of the Government—re ceived no visible attention from the Government—and the ques tion, as far as Ministers are concerned, is in state quo." Our Contemporary then proceeds to argue that, suppos ing Ministers are now more in earnest than they have been, and really desirous of effecting extensive improvement and augmentation in the means of popular instruction, they have not the talent nor the power to grapple with the sub ject. This, too, is very nearly our view of the matter ; but while we doubted their talent, their power, and their disposition to set on foot an extensive system of national education of that kind which would satisfy religious peo ple, our Contemporary doubts their capacity for putting an enlarged system into action upon any principles, whether of that system which is called " Liberal," or of any other system, We do not dispute that this is a broader view of the improbability of Lord John's " hope" being realised, and we believe it is a perfectly correct one. If a ge neral system of national education be in truth a public desideratum, it is one among the many evils resulting from a weak and distrusted Government, such as the present, that this want cannot under such a Government be sup plied. It is, we think, quite . true, as our Contemporary states, that, at the very outset, the present Government would be met by the deep distrust of the Church, and that large body of the people who go with the Church in all matters relating to the education of the people. It is in vain for Ministers, who cannot dissolve the constitutional and legal connection between Church and state, to think they may proceed practically as if such a connection did not subsist. Without the form of the thing, the Church does substantially and practically, and through the con fidence of a large body of the people, exereise an im portant sway in all affairs of education, which are on a large and popular scale; and the consequence is, that unless the secular government be (as we think it always ought to be) upon terms of mutual trust and con fidence with the Church, it must be impotent to effect a really great plan of national education. Whig writers may say what they will about the " liberality" and the " enlightenment" of their plans, and they may have the utmost success in persuading themselves that no objection should stand for a moment against the perfection of de sign at which it has been their peculiar felicity to arrive ; but they cannot alter circumstances, they cannot change the views of the people with respect to the inestimable value of religion in the education of their children. They tried their grand Whig experiment in what they called the " London University," meaning thereby what is now called " London University College ;" but it failed utterly. The people, notwithstanding the enormous puffery by which the establishment was for a long time attempted to be sus tained, were too much in earnest about a thing that touched them so nearly as the education of their children. The establishment attempted to get on, while it held out to the world that it had nothing to do with religion ; but the people of England look with dread and abhorrence upon education to which so fearful a negative applies, and the establishment went down. And so would any other, however popular in some respects, and however cheap, if the same awful blank as to religion were held to be part of its character. Nor would the people (of Eng land) be deceived by the mere name of religious education, if the Church, upon which, in some matters at all events, they place much more reliance than they do on the present Government, passed upon the system an unfavourable judgment. Our Radical Contemporary says : "It is easy to talk about the paramonnt duty of the State' to educate the people ; but on the threshold we are met with difficulties which only a resolute Administration, possessing the confidence of the country and a large majority in Parlia ment, can overcome. This must be evident to all who know that with education by the State the Church question is mixed up. For a weak Government to propose a scheme which should exclude religious instruction from the State schools, would be absurd—not in itself, but on account of the powerful prejudices which exist on this subject; and then comes the pinch—what sort of religion, and how much of it, must be imparted ? The introduction of the Irish plan, by which portions of Scripture, not objectionable to Catholics, or indeed to arty Christian sect, are taught to the scholars, would not be tolerated by the Church party in England ; and pro. bably a majority of the Dissenters would not agree to muti late the Word of God.' But this is not the only obstacle to a plan of national education. The lligh Churchmen insist upon the Book of Common Prayer being taught with the Bible; and they would raise a storm throughout the land against any scheme which did not embrace both. They are not dissatisfied with the existing a rr an gemen t, b ecause t h ey re ceive by far the largest part of the annual grant; but to be put on a level with the Evangelical party and the Dissenters would be too bad.'" We have already shosvn in our Paper of last Friday, as well as in our foregoing observations, why we think that for any Government to propose a scheme of instruction which should exclude religion would be absurd in itself, but we quote the above as another foundation supplied from a dif ferent quarter, for the conclusion at which we have arrived. As to the sneer about the Established Church receiving the largest part of the annual grant in the present arrange ment we let it pass. Such a scratch as that might be given in mere play. Ou r C on temporary proceeds with his view of the non-efficiency of the Government for any great work : " The difficulties here indicated would be insuperable by a weak and irresolute Ministry. The Melbourne Whigs lack the capacity to construct and the courage to propose a large and efficient plan, which would deserve and receive the sup port of the ardent and unprejudiced friends of education. They pare down everything to a petty standard ; and the con sequence is, public ewe as to the fate of their measures. It may be a sore trial of patience, but we must wait till the country shall be blessed with a Minister bold enough to brave the bigots and self-seekers of all sects and parties, and to throw himself, with no rash but with well-grounded confidence, for support or, the great body of the people." We do not attempt to disguise from ourselves that in his description of " bigots and self-seekers" our Contem porary includes those without whom, we believe no Go vernment of this country would be able to carry into effect a great plan of popular education. Of course we say this upon the supposition that no vast moral as well as political revolution is contemplated as the antecedent to the " bold" Administration which our Contemporary con templates. From the present Government we can expect no great plan of good education, and a great plan of irre ligiously bad education we do not think the people of Great Britain would suffer any Government to carry. When the time shall return—as we trust it will—when the Crown, and the Ministers of the Crown, and the heads of the Church shall all work cordially together, for the religious, and political, an d soc i a l we lfa re of the people, then, and not until then, do we think that the establish ment of a wise and wholesome p'an of general education may be looked for.—Morning Post. The Aberdeen Herald, received this morning, gives an account of the hurricane that, as we stated yesterday, had been experienced in Scotland. Besides so seriously injuring the splendid chain bridge over the Esk, at Montrose, the devastating effects of the hurricane extended over a great breadth of country, occasioning considerable injury. The Herald states that the accounts from the country are very unfa vourable. A gentleman wh o came t o Aberdeen by the Union, declares that he never was witness to such a storm. When between Johnshaven and Bervie, the horses almost became unmanageable ; and in several places the guard, driver, and passengers, had literally to dig their way through corn-sheaves and other agricultural produce; which had been blown from the fields and cornyards, and scattered in every direction. With the utmost difficulty Bervie was reached, and here the scene was truly terrific. The slates and tiles of the houses were flying like chaff—windows were battered in—doors and gates of inclosures were torn off, and everything seemed to be in a fair way to ruin. The coach could not get within some hundred yards of the inn ; and the whole of the passengers had to take shelter, for about an hour and a half, at the inn, but the house was almost laid open in the roof. The Union was two hours past her time, and the Defiance nearly four hours, in consequence of the stoppage at the ferry, and on the way also, from the weather. It is impossible to estimate the damage dons to the crops, bat it must be extensive. Some villain drew the damper and weighted the safety valve of the boiler at Providence-hill, Thornton-road, Bradford, belonging to Mr. D. Illing worth, early in the morn ing of yesterday week. It was providentially discovered, otherwise the mill might have been blown up, and a number of lives lost. Mr. Illin.worth has offered a reward of 201. for the discovery of the offender, but no clue has been obtained to him. It is surely very reprehensible for manufacturers to have their boilers constructed in such a manner as that any villains who have a spite to them or any of the cottagers whose dwell ings generally surround the mill, can get to the damper and safety-valve, and be able to cause an exp105i0n.......11a Ti mes . A sword, poniard, and coat of mail were recently found in the Lys, near Merville, by some workmen, employed in clearing the bed o f the river. Several hum an bones were also found near the spot. The coat of mail is in perfect pre servationand of exquisite workmanship, and is supposed to rivetrhesiLncyes weretbe a middlesalso found of t a h e g l Near the have lain b in le ridto.ie of a medal struck in honour of the marriage of Henry IV. with Marie de Medic's. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 183 S. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 16. • Price , /timber Dividend Pr of per CANALS. shires. Annum. paid. Sh e sre 1,766 7 poi cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/.lBs. sh. 135 1,052 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average Ilfil.sh. 73 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.50. 5 1,005 Si. Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O, sr.. 923 0 8,000 1-16 sh .91 Is. Birmingham, I -16 th share 7l/. 2 i 000 Ditto and Liverpool ,lunct...lir/ ob. 100 pd 241 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001 sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Black water 100/. sh. 101 ; 500 481. C3ventry 0 1 01. sh . 73) 4,545 .. ...... Croydon 6.01 41. 03, Dudley 600 14,. Derby _. AveTage 31/.23.11 04 011 4.. 5h h: S 4 2,0 100/. sh . 1135 20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 46 .pd 20 2,5751 3.1. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/.sh. FO/ 231 461. Erewash 1,W7 '2:F.I . Forth and Clyde Average 4401.165. ch. sro 1,600 12/. Grand Junctir; WO/. sh. 191 2,e491 H. Grand Union 10/3.0 74 lON sh. 2 0 11,500 Grand _ Surrey 9,0 'o 00/. 41. percent. Ditto ptional) Lean lO9/. C 3 Grand ' Western lOO/. sh. all pd 12 690 131. I - 25. 3d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 135.23 C '749 10/. Grantham 150/. s . 7 203 6,233 W. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. sh 6s. 64. sh. 310 100 Kensington iOn . all pd. ..32....4 11. 58. Kennet ;.rd Avon, Average 391. 185.10 3 . sh 25t 2,8147 t 24/. Leeds and Liverpool ..................... 101'/. sh. 670 5451 131. Leicester 140!. sh. 220 1,897 6!. Os. Leicester ani Northampton... Aver. o:-3/.(03. 110 2.400 101. Monmouthshire lOO/ .sh. 20 1 150 101. Melton Mowbray lOB/.h. 205750 500 251. Mersey and Irwell ...... ........... , lOO . 52 /.50. 3.0 A 11.10 s. Macclesfield 100/. sh. all Ipol. pd . 325 277 111. Watt) sh 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avenge about 7SI. sh. 102 1,418 11$. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 165. Sd. sh. l 9 oi 5,669 6/. per cent. rech dale 500 81. 6S - sopshire )'251 sh. . sh. 140 800 N. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. 151/ 12/ 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditt o L ock Fund Stocklos. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester ................1401. sh. 710 500 9!. Shrewsbury '25/. sh. 2. 1 .13 300 91. Stourbridge - .._ .. l4Ol. sh. 530 3,647 21 , 019. Stratford-on-Avol....Averne 791.95. 14c1. . s sh. h. 2.0 40 0 533 151. SV Swansea s Swansea loo/ 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway -.Av. 1030/.51. sh. 66 sh. 3 0 5 46004 sn. 221. 10s. Trent and Merse y , i share 6.149 1,0005h.1 161 Warwiek acid Birmingham .......... ..100/.sh 281 1,00045 h. 1001.30. pen 9fo 15e. Warwick an d Na p ton ,000 41.05. Worcest , r and Bi r mingham.. .Av.73/.Bs. sh. 731 5,000 2 5 5. Wilts an: Beriss .. Average 671. 10s. Pd. oh. 2; ROO 31. 'l?t , yrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 2 Wisb eac h 905 l i. Wey and Arun llO l. sh. 221 DOCKS. 3p.0 Commercial 11:60657th }'ool.sh. 58 East and West India Stock 110 1,233,3101/. 55s.p.ct. London Stock 61 Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 21. 19s. Bristol 63,3241. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine ‘ltock la l 501,000 4g per oent. Ditto Bonds lO2 21r;.001 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOOl 2.500 Deptford Pier 2 01. sh. 20 :. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 101. Ilammersmit I 5O/. sh. 21 7,31 Southwark, Old 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 r r cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 ,•..... Waterloo lOO/. sh. 31 5,000 Ns. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 60/. pd 21 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 181 60,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds ll2 5,843 17s Vauxha11........ ....... Avorage 701 . 10 s. 3 d. sh 23 AS'iIiRANCE ............. 2,000 3/ Ins Albicn 500/. sh. 50/, rid 73 50,000 [ s f n el d ' c , e 5V •l Alliance,British & Foreign 1 00/. sh. 101/. pd 141 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100!. sh. 5/. pd 6i 24.000 1/. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 14; 1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham Fire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 1071 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/.5h. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50 4 sh. Si. pd 6 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Me..l•estl,B4c. Life, ICOI sh. h. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ lea County 1001. s 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle . 209 We r cent' Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375 4 30/ bs. 051. 1 : 0 .00 0 h0 2° 205 1 .1 g 1 . 00. . 1 5 1 ' 113 . ..h . .2h 's is . ii . hh h.h. 27 . . . . 1: 00 a . :1 1: 11 1 / i t i . . 1 . . .p p : lpp dc, Stock 12 ; 4 711 2 5 6 : 3 1 14, 2,271 225. per cent. European Li:c 50,000 2s. . Ditto, New 1,000,004!. 71. per ct Globe 20,000 51. Guardian 40,000 6s. fit. Hope 501. sh. 51, pd 6 '2,400 5/. 7s. 641. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 13,458 U. per cent. Indemnity Marine 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 100/. sh. Si. . pi! 23 31. Ditto Life. 10,000 16s. Law Life 500 n 10s. London, Fire 3,901 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. 10s, pd 10 1,n00,009/. ... ..... Minerva Life 30,0110 !;1. per cent. Palladium Lilo lOO/. sh. 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fire 5O/. Bh. 21. pd 2/ Os OGI 649, 1 6 '2 0 • 50 2• 00 000 20 0 / 5 5 / . perpselsr .c.Provident Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 cent.eiit. R U R o l o i ey i : a : e l ; E s Life University y e hi Life 'g e Stock. 224 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 10000/1.. sh. 5 5 1 1: r3l f 4l _..- fle London New Price Current r,f la.,t ) SUCIAR.—The market for West India Muscovadoes has be come exceedingly inactive ; the demand from the grocers has been limited for all descriptions, and the refiners, since the alteration in the bounty and drawback on the manufactured article, which came into operation on Wednesday, have re frained altogether from purchasing, excepting in one or two instances ; importers have submitted to a reduction in prices of is for the limited quantity which has been sold by private contract, and which has not averaged 200 hhds daily ; a small part only of 120 hhds 13 brls Barbadoes at public sale found buyers at rather lower prices, they went from 575 6d to 65s ; 100 hhds 10 brls Trinidad only partly found buyers at the decline noted above, good bright yellow brought 17s 6d, mid dingy 52s 6d a 53s Id, ord 51s 6d a b2s ; the pur chases since last Tuesday, including the auctions, are only 900 hhds and trs. This afternoon it has been impossible to get at the exact prices, but those which have come under our notice show a decline on the rates of Friday of Gd a ls. At public sale 132 hhds Barbadoes only partly said at is reduction, and went at 61s 6d a 65s for good to fine, and 59s a 61s for middling to good middling quality. The purchases, including the sale, do not exceed 300 hhds and trs. The stock of West India Sugar is now 42,572 hhds and trs, being 11,045 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 67,924 bags, which is 2,929 more than last year. The delivery of West India last week was 3,346 hhds and trs, which is 687 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 5,656 bags, being 1,089 more than the corresponding week of last year. REFINED.—Sinco the alteration in the bounty and draw back the market has been in a dull state; the Grocers have purchased very sparingly, and prices have given way 2s, 73s accepted for good strong Lumps, and 70s a ils for fair ones ; the former last week were worth 755, and the latter 72s a 735. For export there are scarcely any orders. Treacle has sold to some extent at the advanced rates quoted. In Bastards and tee purchases have been only to a limited extent, at prices rather under those of last week. In Dutch Crushed no sales. MAURITIUS.—The demand privately for this description has also been limited, and rather easier prices have again been ac cepted. There has been no at rival since our last, and at pre sent nothing of moment is declared for public competition. EAST INDlA.—Bengal has been taken sparingly by the grocers, but former rates have been maintained ; at public sale 500 bags of very superior colour and quality (much resembling Refined) sold at 72s to 74s 6d ; 280 bags good to fine white brought 65s to 66s 6d. Export descriptions maintained former currency at the public sale of 5,727 bags Manilla, which met a good demand, mid to good yellow 22s 6d a 235, low brown 20s to 20s 6d. 3,000 bags are declared for public competi tion on Tuesday next. FOREIGN.—The market has presented a tranquil appearance since our last. Brazil has maintained its former currency, none has been offered at auction : in white Havannah little business doing, but lower prices have not been accepted : yellow is dull of sale, but not cheaper: 100 trs 25 brls Fo reign Muscovadoes at public sale, yellow sold at 253 to 28s, and brown at 22s 6d. This afternoon a floating cargo of 1,600 boxes of Yellow Havannah has been taken for Antwerp at 27s per cwt. MoLAssEs. —West India has been only in limited request, but previous rates have been supported. COFFEE.—The West India market has again presented a tranquil appearance ; both grocers and refiners have pur chased sparingly, prices have again given way 2s; at auc tion 556 casks and 200 barrels have been offered, the bulk of which was sold, Jamaica of a favourite mark very fine at 135 s to 141 s, fine mid 130 s to 1335, good mid 116 s to 1211, mid 107 s to 110 s, low mist 1055 6d to 1063, fine fine ord 1005 t') 104 s ; Trinidad in brls good ord unclean 96s 6d to 93s 6d ; Demerara fine ord 94s to 95s : 300 casks, &c., are declared for auction to-morrow, and 100 casks for Thursday : there has been no arrival since our last. East India-141 bags good ord Ceylon at public sale was bought in at 98s ; in Mocha the purchases have been limited at former rates : 360 bags Samarang and Cheribon at auction were taken in at 71s a 72s for very fine quality. The transactions privately in all descriptions of Foreign have been trivial, but importers continue to require fully previous rates for both Brazil and St. Domingo ; 700 bags good to fine ord of the former sold at 42s to 44s 6d. 1,000 bags Brazil are declared for auction on Friday next. SAGO. —At public sales 100 chests Pearl taken in at 16s 6d to 17s per cwt. TEA. —Congou, common, Is lid to is Lid, blackish leaf and strong descriptions is qd up to Is 10d, Pekoe flavour 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; Hyson 2s lid to 2s Ild, fine 4s I . id to 4s sd, very fine 4s 7d; Young Hyson ls 6d to 234 d; Caper is Id tols 53-d; Souchong is lid to 2s 10d; Imperial 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Gunpowder, 33 to 3s lid, very fine, 4s 8d ; Pekoe, 2s to 2 5 31d ; Pouchong, is ld to is lid; Campoi, Is ld to Is 2d ; Twankays, Is 34d to is 4id; Hyson kind, Is 7d to is lld ; Flowery Pekoe, 2s 9d to 3s 8d ; Orange Pekoe, 1 s 6d to 2s 9d ; Black Leaf, is 8d to 2s; Hung Muey, is 2d to is 9d. To-day Common Twankays is 3id to is 4d. PROVISIONS.—The demand for Foreign Butter is steady at 102 s for fine quality. In Irish a fair business has been done at the prices quoted. Prime Bacon is sought after at 565 for new, but inferior sorts are at a slow sale at easier prices. Lard flat and rather lower, 68s is the price for the best Bladdered. JOINT STOCK B ANKS 25,000 8 percent. A gric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australa , ia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 65 10,4)8 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd Ifl 81,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster ...lOW sh. 20/. pd 234 00,000 5/. London Joint Stock. 50/. sh. 104 pd 121 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd SO 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 231 100,000 71 per sent. Manchester and Liverpool} 501.1 h. 151 pd 22 District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 100/. sh. 251. pd 421 `O, , 00 National Bank of Ireland - 5 0 /. sh. 171/. pd 161 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. WO/. sh. 351. pd 35 :0,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. eh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1193 041 Bath 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 24 5,000 5,000 t5/..xlics.enstil Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 2 2 1 928 52 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 20 , &h. 36 1,500 31 10, Brighton 20/. ish. Ili 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Briguton General 201. sh. all pd 17 4,000 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 196 1,008 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 5O/. pd 301 10,000 23 per cent. Imperial 300 5L per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. !ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 48 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sls. 39/. pd `l 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclirf 1001. sh. SO/. pd 58 4,00 couth Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 293 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. s h. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 224 2,000 SI. Westminster Chartered 6,001 12s. Ditto New 5l/. AL 10/. pd 531 SGO Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 95. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 2 0 100/. sh. 100 4,434 6/. East London 2 5 :0 504 21 2 1 1. 06 tl ic r e a n n t d junction ....Average 411. 13s1.0041: sh h : 4 6_ 5 1 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge WaterAnlio2noii..itssihhes: 35..F,4t4 6,486 Ii 15s Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. Sauth London 100/. sh. VO 8,294 4/, 1.360 1/ 14s York Wc 6t Building Middlesex IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby ... Birmingham and Gloucester ........... : Co. ..A Lessee v era ....Average Pro 63 . . p. . ........... ...... s s h h : ~! ,, 2 15,1 , 110 Bristol and Exeter....... lOO/. 5h.34001/1. i p )1 15 pd d 9,550 73771 060 Calcutta and Samzur 501. sh. 21 . pd 0 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. 5h.1121/ 3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 40 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 51. p d :3 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 101.:pd 6 .1 (rand Junction 1001. sh. 9 01 . Pj. I S ' Great North of England ls/ p d 14 5,000 Great Western 2,000 ... ...... Hartlepool 8,000 Hull and tielby 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 10 1 01: 0 / 0 ) . 01 1 . S 1 . I s ' i oh ' 1 . h ll 6 2 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 1 . 4. .. pd 19 11 1; 68 71 1,500 11.55. Lei ces t er an d S wan nington -.501. sh. all pd 75 5,109 10 per cent. Li ve r pool 00l and Manchester-101/.0. 100 1 .1 3 1 : 5 , 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares :'sl. pd ''. 36,000 London and Brigh tem 5O/. sh. 1 1/. pd Ss 12,000 ..... ... London anti Blackwall 'Ol. sh. 31. p'l 5 00,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... "0/. Os. :MI. pd 17 25,000 Q al u id ar ß te ir r m s i i t , l a g r h e r -100/. sh. 9 0 /. Pd 1 , 73 51. pd 291 20,000 ... Ditto ditto New 11,000 L ri London and Croydon Trunk 20/. s h. 201. pd , 6,100 Ditto New Scrip - 1 10s. Pd 9 4 12,000 London Grand Junction 501. sh. 5/. pd 0 1 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 100/. sh. 40/. pd 54 10,000 1,000 M. per Cent. Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 1 0 /. pd 103 North Midland 1001, sh. 5 5 /. pd 574 Northe-n and Eastern 1001. sh. 15 !. P d 73 2,600 Preston and Wyre st South Stockton t E o . astern ar,d p a a n r d li hDgotvoenr 5Ol. sh. 3 0 1. pd 364 28,0009/• pd 31 Iol'l. sh. 240 1,000 ......... Thames Haven 50/. sh 21. 10 s. p d 0 , 400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2 /. pd 0 6,000 ......... York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/. pd 11 Rom, BRANDT, and HoLLaNns.--Jamaica 500 puns have been sold, 26 to 30 per cent over proof at 4s 9d a 4s lid, 32 to 35 over bs a bs 2d, 36 to 38 over 5s 3d ass4d ; the sales in Leewards have Leen 350 puns, proofs to 3 per cent over 3s 2d a 3s 3d, 4 to 8 over 3s 4d a 3s sd, 10 to 15 over 3s 6d a 3s 9d, 16 to 18 over 3s 10d a 3s Ild, 20 to 23 over 4s Id a 4s 3d, 25 to 30 over 4s 4d a 4s Bd, 32 to 34 over 41 9d a 4s 10a, 37 to 39 over 4s lld a sg. STlCES.—Pimento has brought rather higher prices ; 160 bags at public sale sold at 3;id for fair, and 3id to 3 a d for ord. quality; by private contract 3id has been paid for a few hun dred bags. Cassia Lignea-58s has been paid privately for small parcels of mid quality, but the limited quantity offer ing for sale checks business. Pepper is less in demand, and the principal part of 3,000 bags at auction were taken in at previous prices, Malabar common at 4d, sifted 4id ; Sumatra common 4d, sifted 41d. Black Pepper—Common Sumatra at 3id to 3id, Malabar good half heavy 41-d, and good Eastern 4d, 10 bags white sold at Is 5?,-(1 to Is 7d. 350 bags Malabar Ginger taken in at 21s. 36 bags Cloves bought in at is 6d per lb. 011,5.-250 tuns Southern was only partly sold at 241. 10s to 28155. for low to good quality :—Sperm has sold slowly at 8 21. In Rape 44s 6d accepted for pale, and 43s 61 for brown. hi Palm the operations have been at 43a 6d to 44's for : small parcels. TA LLOW. —The prices have advanced 2s ad to 3s for Peters burgh Yellow Candle, and there has been a brisk demand for consumption from both the town and country trade at 56s for first quality. For delivery up to the end of the year several pur chases have also been made at the same price. For th. three first months of 1839, 66s 6d is demanded, but at which there aro not many buyers at present. SavrPeTsu.-1,348 bags Calcutta sold without spirit, re fraction 24 per cent at 255, 2i refraction 26s a 263 6(I. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Per Quarter, s. to s. TisHton Ganieborough — 66 Granthsrn Grim sby tiorncaztle 42 7(3 :'2 Lincoln.. Spalding Stamford 4.8 7 i 28 York 5O 70 :26 s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 22 30 19 23 39 41 31 23 44 33 24 28 38 46 34 18 2S 38 40 37 . 20 24 36 42 3t IS 26 40 44 15 24 ] _ 49 33 21 '25 36 44 34 24 26 132 44 IRISH MARKETS. KET NOTE for the WEEK ENDING 8 , 00 0 MINES. ... .—. Albion Copper 5l. sh. 041. pd 12 4 ,000 I/. . ' Os. Alten 151. sh. 121. 103 pd 12 °MO ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd `2l Ditto Subscription 95/. pa 31 2 ,000 I Pi. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 94 10,000 11 . lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm ..... O5l. sh. 20/. pd 18 6,0 0 ......... Ma c a mtsßo i th i nob b Tg a s tsi er pr:itp.: ( e.. : .r. o . c 5 a i e . s pm. United 11601:,000000000 ................... ... CcEt D coara i Diti t ntia t iidi o Si. John Del Rey.., 2O/. sh. I 1/.'pd 5 10 , 00 0 . ........ Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. '2O/. pd Si IP/. sh. IW. pd 10 20,000 ......... British Iron SOL sli. sn/ pd 91 51. sh. 41/. pd li 611. rd 9 10,000 11 Copiapo 20/. sh, 10/. pd 9 2 1 ) 1 , 54) ( 3 )( 5 ) ° 0 0 ...5L English h al Mining A ssociatien i . o . s i .2 s. s , o o. l l /: h s s 2h h h i s .. 5 5 71 11 5 1 1 7! pp p p l p id ddd : 2 1 3 0 576 ! 6,155 Mexican Com psny .1,0014 Polberou Consols, ... .... .. 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160 50,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 401. sb. all pd Dit't, Scrip 2 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 4 West Cork LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75 , 5. sh 1,500 iOO King' College 2 sgs. ski. 6 4 nl 4 )ali p l e y r im c e a n n t ................................ ." ........... 9 0 , 1 9 ! MISCELLANEOUS. 1004 pd 26- 10,000 155. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh 281. pd 46 6,0i1) 41. per cent. British American Land Company 2. -3/. ix , 11 WO/. sh. 30/. Exi 10 i Sri, i f 1 11 1 0 ) 5611.1 p) par r r cant.cen t. C t U y Canadappe rCCo Bonds,an 20,000 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation —.151. sh. 141. pd ;;Y 101. per cant. Hudson's Bay Steck ................................. 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,01)11 ...... ... Caoutchouc Company 2a. ~ . sh. 12 5 i/. pd 9 . ." 500,c500,000L„, ...... N a tional Loan Fural 2/ s New Brunswick Land Company ......501, p d P d 2' 2,754 5/. per cent. Rev ersionar y Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/..1d 1 311 ~(33:1 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh . 70 /. pd 05 - 4,000 10,000 O. Van Die ner.'s Land 1001. eh. in pd Si 11 LIST OF SCOTTISH 11 COMPANIES' PRICE S. OCT. , 1 BANKS. 1,500,000/. 61. p. ct. an •of Scotland - mr. 68. M. sh, all pd 193 / 2,000,0)0!. 51p. ct. Bre - : of Scotland . 1001. sh. all pd 11.24 500.0001. Bp. ct. Br. cisli Linen Company 100/. sh. - dlpd 24 0/. 3,000,000/. (V. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 177 1. 5000,0c0, , !.. es. N,tional . ,100/.sh. 104 pd 163 t. '2,000,0 0 0 1 . 61 . p. ct. G las g ow Union ) 50/. sh. 50/. pd . 65/ 4,000,01,01. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2 pd 001. sh 40/. - INS URANCE COMPANIES, SW. 250.0003 h, 6/ p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd :30s -,500 Ilk p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 104 p 4 14/. Os. 115',000 (r,ofro s}. ct. Insurance C o. of Scotland...AU sh. all pi F. 10s . 50,000 6p. ct. North B ritish 2OOl. sh. 101 . pa i . in 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. at. 101. pd 20% 0 , 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1004 sh. 10 4 1 , 1 1 4 / 1 0s 100,000 3j p. ct. West of Scotland , lOl. pd 7/ 0s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,610 ... ..... Edin. and (Pas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 10/. Ditto Allocated 96/. sh, all pd 60/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. Bh. all pa 39/ Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 44!, ?,000sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron F ounder y 50/. sh 0/. pd 52 ; 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. pd ku 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. al! pd 611 4,450 10 pr 7 cent. Glasgow Gas 251. eh. all pd jai& 750 . 7* per cent. LeiCi Coal Gas 201.0. all pd 50/ . 1,21'0 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rai way...soi, sh z 3.94 P:000 0 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Conspany ^1.5/. sh.pu 91. 111, DUBLIN MA ( T. PI From To A v,age 274 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 24 4it6 6 34 6 0 Bere l6 stone 0 0 4 0 175 Barley 141 Oats 0 Flour, per cwt - 0 •••• • 0 0 Oatmeal-- S stone — 4 0 0 Sold to Bakers only. 10,251 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 565. 41. per sack. ' Receipts of Flour, Seconds '' ''' ) , I , ...„, (- Firsts from 225. 0(1. to '25; Od. Sale of Do. 18,00.3 1 Thirds from 10s. 0.1. to 12: 4.1. TRICE OF 'MEAT). Quartern Loaf NJ. I Half Quartern 4Ucl CORK NIA RKETS.—Oet. 13. Vs heof (per 205t.)...16s Ad. toZ6i. 6d.1 Oats (per 14st.) 7s. Od. tolls. Ed Barley (per 165 t.)... 7 0 16 9 Flour (per cwt) 25 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) los. Osi. to 16 , , Od. Beef, 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d to fkl. ; Pork, 4ld. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OF RIITTER. To the Merchants. To the Counts! First Quality SIN. 794. Second Sti 77 Third Fourth Fifth W ,3 Sixth CLONMELL MA ItKETS.--Oct. 13. Per Cwt, 1. d. s. - .1. —-• s. d. s. d. New Butter 8 .2 oto 86 0 Hides (raw) 0 to 24 S Oatmeal 12 6 13 6 Bacon Pigs 38 0 40 0 liend!red Lard 0 44 0 Heads 2* * 0 Per Bag. Flour, Seconi ....... 34 0 I Flour, Thirds • 24 6 ---,Household-- 11l n 2 per Barrel. oi - Fourths 1L 0 —OP Rweseed 20 0 --I — Ora - riey 12 013 6 80re.... ................. S 4 10 0 Coat. Per tone. Wheat. ................. 014 016 } Tallow (rougl4) 4O 3 4 6 Vats ..................... 0 7 0S j Potatoes ° 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat (per barrel) Ns Od. to 345. fkl. Barley ................ 14 0 16 0 Oats . ............... S S 10 0 Flour per .....).... 0 42 0 Butter (per cwt.)... SS 0 00 0 Bacon Pigs ..... 35 0 sts Coals .................. 1 0 1 2 Beef (per 1b....-- Os. Od. to Os, id. 'Mutton 0 5 0 6 - Pork Veal 0 i 0 6 Fresh Butter 0 0 1 0 Ualt Ditto Potatoes (per O.) • 2 0 a Another instance of the prevalence of the dreadful malady of hydrophobia in the canine species occurred on Mon day mornlng at the house of Mr. Street, the sign of the Ele. p li an t and Castle, King's-road, St. P ancras. Mr. Street, jun., had b ei tit , j ust opened the house, w h en h e was alarmed by hearing a dreadful howling, and seeing a dog of large dimen sions rush from the streetinto the tap-room ( t h e d oor of which was open) , and commence in the m os t f ur i ous manner to fly about the room, biting the leg s o f t h e ta b les, fender, or any thing which came in its way. Mr. Street's cries for help from the rest of the family, some of whom were up, attracted the notice of the animal, who sprang furiously towards him, and continued to pursue him into the kitchen, where Mr. Street mounted the dresser, and renewed his cries for help. It was not, h owe ver, until Mr. Str ee t, sen., and another of his sons, made their appearance with pitchforks, that the dog was induced to retire from the house, which it did in the same furious mariner in which it entered, yelling most hideously. It took its course up the King's -road towards Kentish Town. Thus, we regret to add, being probably still at large, to the i m minent danger of the lives of the public. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETT.d. 1 , : . The Lord Chanceilor has appointed 'I . hems Lngiand, of title dersfield, in the cotrity of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts Wilts Regular H. Tonge, Eq., to be Captain, vice Codrington, resigned, Sept. 19. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH LAURENCE, Manchester warehouseman, Bucklers bury, to surrender Oct. 26, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T urquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings ; Fox and Meek, Basinghall-street. CHARLES JACKSON, feather-bed-maker, Great Newport street, Oct. 25, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official as signee ; Naylors, Great Newport-street. THOMAS WEAVER, butcher, Lower-street, Islington, Oct. 24, at one, and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Ironmonger-lane, official assignee ; Robson, Chf ford's-inn. HENRY GRAVES, tailor, Strand, Oct. 24, at two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall street. official assignee ; Fisher, I3ucklersbury. JOSEPH BETT RIDGE, timber-merchant, Birmingham, Oct. 30, and Nov. 27, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Barlow, Birmingham. JOHN DAVID WILMA NIS, ironmonger. Carmarthen, Oct. 30, and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Ivy flush Hotel, Carmarthen. Clarke and illedcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Harley, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Bishop, grocer, Greenwich, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven—J. H. and G. L. Page. stationers, Queen-street, Cheapside, Nov. 6, at half-past twelve—J. Cochrane, bookseller, Waterloo-place, Pall mall, Nov. 7, at eleven—C. Baker, distiller, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, Nov. 7, at twelve—W. Mason, bookseller, Pickett street, Strand, Nov. 8, at half-past eleven—S. Stuart, milliner, Pall-mall, Nov. 8, at eleven—R. Davis, straw hat manufacturer, Noble-street, City, Nov. 8, at twelve—G. C. Davey, linen draper, Manchester House, New Church-street, Lisson-grove, Nov. 8, at half-past twelve. In the Country. C. J. Evans, innkeeper, Woolhampton, Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Reading—D. Hogarth, sen., coach pro prietor, Great Yarmouth, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Crown and Anchor Inn, Great Yarmouth—J. Comely, cattle salesman, New Barn Farm, Southampton, Nov. 8, at twelve, at the George Inn,- Winchester—C. and J. Anthony, grocers, Devonport, Nov. 7, at twelve, at Elliott's Royal -Hotel, Devonport. CERTIFICATES.—Nov. 6. W. Coombe, builder, Great Torrington, Devonshire—J. Dale and E. Atkin, chemists, Manchester—W. Bryceson, brass manu facturer, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—T. Mayo, vic tualler, Ayte, Twickenham—R. Peake, victualler, George-street, New-road—D. Nixon, surgeon, Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Barber and C. Green, brass founders, Birmingham—W. Stevens and W. M. Pardon, printers, Bell-yard—C. New and J. Loxley, mercers, Worcester—E. Crabb and J. Lowther, dealers in pickles, Liverpool—J. Ricketts and Co., Tenter-ground, Good man's-fields—L. Engstrom and Co., merchants, Liverpool—J. and C. Willimott, butchers, Cambridge—B. Willoughby and J. Davis, manufacturers of India-rubber cushions, Drury-lane—D. Sutcliffe, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire—W. P. and C. Down, inn keepers, Warminster—R. Yates and G. Irving, mercers, Northal lerton—R. Stone and H. French, painters, Brighton—T. Simpson and W. Ryder, coach platers, Birmingham—R. King and J. God frey, maltsters, Odiham, Hants.—J. Gross and Co., grocers, Ipswich. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. _ JAMES bM'ALPINE, merchant, Edinburgh, Oct. 23 and Nov. 6, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. These Sessions were held (by adjournment) yesterday, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and a full Bench of Magistrates. - The calendar is a very light one; there being only 18 pri soners charged kith felonies. ALTERATION IN THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The CIIAITtMAN, after briefly explaining to them the nature of the duties they were called upon to discharge, said it was a question whether some regulation could not and ought not to be adopted, by which the duties of a Grand Jury would un dergo considerable alterations, and by which their labours would be greatly lessened. Those labours at present were so onerous, that he almost wondered that some general complaint had not been made on the subject by the gentlemen of the count. According to the present system, there were sum moned annually, in the county of Middlesex alone, no less than thirty-six Grand Juries, and on each occasion more than the number required to serve, namely, forty-eight persons, when only twenty-three were wanted, making a total of upwards of two thousand persons, freeholders, &c., of the county, who were summoned every year to serve on Grand Juries, the principal part of whose duty was merely to go over the ground which the magistrates of the county had done before, namely, inquiring and ascertaining i❑ each case brought before them whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the accused parties being sent for trial before a Jury of their countrymen for the offence which was alleged against them. A question was at present under the grave considera tion of the authorities of the county, whether some alteration might not be made in the Grand Jury system by which the ends of justice might be promoted, while at the same time the labours of Grand Juries would be very considerably dimi nished. One great objection to the present Grand Jury sys tem was the secrecy observed with regard to the proceedings before that tribunal, the effect of which was, that in many cases the ends of justice were defeated, and for which the Grand Jury were improperly blamed. Supposing a rich man were charged with en offence, and between the time of his commitment for trial and the bill against him being submitted to a Grand Jury for consideration, he, or some per sot► on his behalf, tampered with the witnesses, and succeeded in inducing them to keep back from the Grand Jury a con siderable and most material part of the evidence they gave when they were examined before the Magistrate by whom the charge was originally investigated, such a person could not he indicted for perjury, because the proceedings before a Grand Jury being conducted in secret, no evidence could be given as to what was stated by him when giving evidence be fore that body; and though he (the Chairman) might have before him the deposition of that witness which afforded him the most conclusive evidence of the guilt of the accused, yet by such conduct on the part of a witness as he had described, the most notorious offender might escape from justice, and in stead of the perjured witness being exposed and punished as he ought to be, he escaped altogether, and the public were led to form the erroneous opinion that the Grand Jury had not done their duty, and that by some unaccountable neglect on their part the guilty party had gone altogether unpu nished. He then stated that it was necessary that twelve of them should agree in opinion before they returned any bill as a true one. A Grand Juryman here observed--You mean, Sir, in ca. pital cases only. That was the rule when I last served on a Grand Jury. The CHAIRMAN said the observation he had made applied to every case, whether capital or not. The Grand Jury then retired to their room. ' SURREY SESSIONS-TUESDAY. KINO!TON, Ocr. 16.—Yesterday the General Quarter Ses sions for the county commenced at the Sessions House, King ston. B. Burnard, Esq., in the chair. Among the Magis trates present were Colonel Chaloner, the High Sheriff; Sir R. Frederick, Sir H. Fletcher, the Honourable Charles Per ceval, M. P. ; C. Barclay, Esq ; R. Hedger, Esq. ; the Rev. G. W. Onslow ; W. Goss, Esq. &e. &c. The calendar contains the names of fifteen prisoners for trial for felony, none of which, however, possess any public interest. Mr. Smallpiece, the Treasurer of the County, submitted his accounts, from which it appeared that the balance in hand last year to Midsummer was 3,4171. Os. 10d. ; and that the balance in hand, fur the current quarter, amounted to 5,928/. 19s. sd. A report was read from the Visiting Magistrates of the county gaol, recommending the Court to make application to the Secretary of State to grant a free pardon to a woman named Allington, convicted some time ago, and sentenced to be transported. The above recommendation was on the ground of the severe bodily illness of the unfortunate convict. The report was agreed to. Cook, a constable of Kingston, said that he had an appli cation to make to the Court. Some time since he expended 3/. 3s. Bd. in apprehending a man who murdered another, returning from Epsom races. The Coroner, Mr. Carttar, who was in attendance, granted applicant a certificate for his expenses; but upon applying for the amount to Mr. Clarke, the Clerk of the Arraigns at the Central Criminal Court, that gentleman refused to pay him, on the ground that the certificate did not bear the signature of a Magistrate. He (Cook) explained that the reason of its having been signed by the Coroner was, that the accused never went before a Magistrate at all, but was committed on the finding of the Coroner's Jury. Being unable to procure his money, he applied to Mr. Carttar, who told him he could not pay it, as he would not be allowed to charge it in his quarterly expenses. Mr. Lawson, the Clerk of the Peace, said that no such expenses as those mentioned were included in the schedule of allowances and disbursements to Coroners, annexed to the recent Act of Parliament. Mr. Carttar expressed his willingness to pay Cook, if the Court would authorise him to do so. Several Magistrates gave it as their opinion that they had not the power to interfere, as the constable had acted without having any warrant to apprehend the alleged murderer. Mr. Barclay said that the difficulty should be speedily re medied, if possible ; for if it was once to go forth to the county that no expenses would be allowed under such circumstances, in a very short time no constable would act. It having been stated to be the opinion of several of the Alagistrates that the Court had the power to alter and vary the schedule, and to order all reasonable expenses to be paid con nected with the holding of any inquest upon a body, it t w as ul timately resolved, upon the motion of Mr. Hedger,_ o refer . the schedule to the Committee who settled the allowances, in order, if possible, that they might enlarge it. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. William - Wright and Robert Hitchcock were charged with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault on the police. Policeman Sullivan, C 120, said, while on duty in Gilbert street, Oxford-street, the prisoner Wright came up to him with his jacket under his arm, and locked at his number. He went away, observing that he was one of the C division con stables, and adding, with a dreadful imprecation, that he would have the life of one of the D division constables. Com plainant went round his beat, and on his returning, he aga in encounter^' the p,ismont Wright. who ern , illl .ii irile .L tiro D c.ii,sEcibik,, iln •61,021. y s , "`k; him right and left in the and as he was a very powerful man his blows brought blood wherever they fell. Complainant closed with his assailant, and while struggling with him Hitch cock came forward and kicked him with violence on his knee and shin. This assault of course brought him to the ground, with Wright uppermost, who continued to hit away at him with all his aught. Assistance arrived at length, and witness was rele.lsed from his situaion. Hitchcock denied having committed an assault, and Wright denied having used threats. Mr. CON ANT should fine Wright the full penalty of 51-, or two months' imprisonment, and in addition call upon him to find security for his good behaviour for six months. Hitchcock was fined 505., or one month's imprisonment. HA 7'7'oN- GARDEN. Yesterday John Wilson, the proprietor and driver of the Paddington omnibus, No. 3,731, appeared to a summons under the New Hackney Carriage Act, to answer the complaint of Morley 13:.ads ,, aw, conductor of the Paddington omnibus, No. 4,001, tor furious driving and causing an obstruction. Mrs. Ann Stubbs, of Tower -terrace, Tower-street, City, en Tuesday night last, was in the City. road, when she was anxious to ride hv the complainant's omnibus, when she called the conductor, who was ushering her to the door, when she wes surrounded by several rough-looking men , who seize d hold of her round the waist, and forced Or towards the de fendant's omnibus, end they endeavoured to push her in by violence, but she resisted them, and got into the omnibus of the complainant. When she was about to enter, and was standing on the step, the defendant drove his pole against the door, and she had a narrow escape of being crushed. She added, that the trea'rnent of the fellows who surrounded her vrea shocking. Dr. Wm. Edinborough, of Coleman-street, City, witnessed the transacion. The defendant drove furiously against the omnibus, and had the lady been an aged person, she must have been crushed and seriously hurt. Die pole drove right through the door of the omnibus, and it was repeated a third or fourth time. Mr. BENET r—Did the defendant do it unnecessarily ? Dr. Edinborough—l conceive so ; there were two or three omni buses near the spot at the time, and hin object no doubt get the lady as a passenger in his vehicle. It was not long ago that lie (witness) had a gentleman under his care with 3 compound fracture of the leg through a similar occurrence 00 the same spot. Thomas Collins, of No. 11, James -street, Islington, corre berated this evidence. He added that the pole of the defen dant's omnibus struck a gentleman on the eye. The defendant in his defence said he was surrounded bY, two or three other omnibuses, and they drove against him , an d he was obliged to save himself. Mr. BEN ETT (to the defendant)--I must find you guilty , and convict you in the penalty of 20s. and costs. The defendant instantly paid the money, and, having p r°- duced his license, Mr. Mould, the clerk, suggested that the Magistrate Wa s called upon to sign the conviction at the back of the license. Mr. BENETT—I am willing to do whatever the law re quires of me to do. He directed the defendant to speak the clerk. The defendant wished to say something to the bench. , A Mr. BENETT told him to speak to th e Cl e rk, and be w otu " afterwards hear any representation from him. Q UEEN- SQUARE. Mary Ann Whail , y, a middle-aged woman, was Yeat era " al placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch , 61° h; and seals, the property of Mr. Cliff, the proprietor of ,tho Northumberland Arms, Northumberland- s t ree t, Strand. was remanded until Friday. fo Daniel Galloway, a poor infirm man, sixty-severs year s age, was yesterday charged with attempting self-destructiode•t In answer to questions from th e M ag i s t ra tes--Defe e 4i, had been for many years porte r a t t h e G reen Man and P t 0 Oxford-street, which situation he was compelled to le ave t ie years ago in consequence of illness an d general infirmitY . if had parted with everything he b a d s i nce to support bs mae ln. and spent his last penny on Monday to buy a loaf. C° pletely destitute state induced him to attempt suicide. . • Mr. WIIITE ordered him to find b a il, directing some in c i ting° to be made into his statement. W R SHIP- STEET d Yesterday William 0 Tooley and An ß ne, his wife, were pi ee d at the bar, before Mr. CORD, for re-examination , cba r A g e , with havirg been concerned in a ro bbery at Mr. Ric hard ' Raven-row, Bethnal-green, bottle merchant. ing The prisoners were remanded, the female prisoner nu let out on bail. During the last year the firm have been the losers of P,.. 11 /: perty to the amount of about 3001. The male prisoner !.17r been seven years in Mr. Richards' employment. Th e brotn b % of the prisoner, about two years ago, was also employed r".. Mr- Richards. He, however, suffered seven years' transP° tation, having committed robberies on his employer in I,ilaig similar to that with which the prisoner stands charged. ill ° ; with him at the time a person of the name of Thane' s , brewer, who was proved to be the receiver, and wb° worth some thousands of pounds, also met with a sb:' .- punishment. We understand that Colonel Gordon, of CILI n Y: has purchased the estate of Benbecula, in In ve rn ess -shire , a" the price of 96,0001. Glasgow Courier. THE DARLINGS.—In the vario u s notices that hare been taken of the efforts of this family to save the by es of the persons who escaped from the wreck of the and were on the rocks, no mention, it is believed, has been made of one individual, who, though not risking her life, per formed no inconsiderable part, and one that must have sub; jetted her to a severe trial, viz., Mrs. Darling. It has & i s le Forfarshire, appeared from the usual officialstatements procured for t Shipwreck Association of this port, that Mrs. Darling as sist.. d in launching the boat in which her husband and daugtot, ter immediately embarked for the rock, to save the lives the persons they saw th ereon . F our , therefore, of the Dar lings have been e n gage d i n t h e no ble and generous efforts that were made on the occasion in question, as --- f f f r osts the son, formed one of the crew of the boat who went o North Sunderland, and were detained by the state of the ivis;, tlier three days at the Island. It is deserving of notice, and is highly creditable to the parties and their friencistbe shore, that three brothers of the name of Brown w ere of a __,, crew of the boat, who ventured out to render that assist r- - of to the sufferers, and to the endeavours of the inhabitant the lighthouse, which they conjectured would be requir e .. a bly was a most Iv zardous undertaki n g, and deserves to be 5u 11 rewardel—weastle Chonicle. HlNrs.— Ne Hartshorn r will restore colours takenharm— acid. It may he dropped upon anygarment without &i n g ot of Spirit of turpentine is good to take grease s pots y o r woollen clothes ; or take spots o f p a i n t from mahlanwirts furniture.—Spirit of turpentine half a pint, sPir it • d one-fourth of a pint, camphor th ree p e nnyworth , wand ore gether, and applied with a small b rus h, are a Cle an " 'llc bed-bug destroyer. The mixt ure w ill not soil even s l ;g is should be applied at intervals o f s i x months, as the %ever difficult to destroy. Cleanline ss i s ano ther beg de str a . e ",irea in fact, without cleanliness no recipe will effect the purpose. ~ SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHASED' from COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (seve ncl"rs wi' lv Gracechurch-street), London, informs Executors and othersav ing to dispose of Second-hand Plate, that, from havi n g a re_tdord l ea he can offer m ore a d van t ageous pr i ces t h an can genera ll y ei by the trade. Strangers offering plate for sale are re q uir to give a referen ce, or t o ta k e a c h eque crossed with their Da" name, which ever they may prefer. Pease. s. s. 30 n BIRTHS. ,• _ This morning, at Angel-place, Islington, the wife of Mr. Wm— ssast, of a son. e De _ a A n t New York, on the 7th of August, the wife of Jan-g. L cey Walton, Esq second son of Rear-Admiral Walton, of a son and heir. - • ' At Dresden, on the 6th the lady of C inst., of a son. St• On the 13th inst., Mrs. John Goss, of Paternoste - r roc' Paul's, of a son. On the 14th inst., the lady of William Pott, Esq., of 1 3 j n iloPe , On the 14th inst., at West-green, Tottenham, Mrs• '''' • of a dasmhte -,., r. r the Rel. On the 15th inst., in Lincoln's-inn-fields, the wife 0- s, Thomas Dale, of a sun. the fag C• Bartou, Vq•' On the 15th inst., at Langley-place, East India-road, of Alfred Blytik ; Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 24th of August, at Westminster, Upper Canada, $a Maria, younge s t d aug hter of R. P. Kell, Esq., of the vn3iessers We' England, to G. T. Cl ar is, Esq., of the township of Upper Canada. .n Loth ia' s On the 11th inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Cal st V_s e Lieut .- Dickson, to Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of the Jai' I , ss Colonel Gillman, of the 76th Regiment. 'Joann a "' o 'f' On the 12th inst., Henry James Koffers, of the Nancy Alphonsine, second daughter of Mr. 'Anthony Kirly Mannheim, Baden, late of London. Thorn" On the 12th inst., at Dysart, Fifeshire, the Rev. oereforc younger son of the Rev. James King, of Stanton Paric'late IC• f.• shire, to Amelia Frances, youngest daughter of the gellnaeo°, - Mackenzie, Esq., of Montagu-street, Portman-squar. gograie, On the 13th inst., at St. James's, Bermondsey, tt vtarker, Es;' Esq., to Mary Jane, the third daughte-----"' a io - DIED. At Geneva, Amelia, the lady of J. P. Colladon, }LP" and ter':of J. L. Mallet, ‘of the Audit Office. IVlliara 0'1, • 0 ' On the 7th of May, at Ghazepoor, East I n dies, -i c 1 11, u ter, Esq., fifth son of General Sir Martin Hunter, G.' of Anton's Hill, North Britain. A .10 1 ‘ a At Watford, Herts, on the sth inst., aged 84, Mrs. f t ` -r i l le . Stee l ' son, widow of the late Mr. G eorge Jackson, formerly o Exchange and Stoke Newington. ;f of Henry On the 6th inst., at Chertse Surrey Esther, the l'f- e Bedford, Esq., Calthor Russell-square,-street. aged 3 4 - , L. rose, On the 12th inst., ass P ed 38, Elizabeth wife of Mr. -S i - ' of the firm of Rudall andi Rose. d Chel sea ' On the 13th inst., in New Manor-place, King's - N a ' Mr. Robert Roberts aged 0 8. E s q., a A Fe , n a- At Norwich, on the 13th inst., aged 21, Hamm" - s.i bt Ur a son of Captain Hammond Alpe, half - PaY goons. "s Collego, On the 13th inst., aged 26, Alfred Clarkson, of Queen . . Cambridge, and third son of Mr. J. Clarkson, of Isliagt;:iity.street, On the 13th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Munton, of T r Blackman -street, Borough. - t or en , auc' On the 13th inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Chula 13 18th s g JO° tioneer, of Tokeuhouse-vard, aged 77. di. ins t " At his residence, King-street, Holborn; ern the 14 Roche, Esq., aged 86. .....,------•••••"''''--- f ° iN G, o _.i. London: Printed and Published by YiIIRDO the coun t 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand i n of Afiddlesex.-,Wednesday, October 17, 1838- I ' 4 )%1 2.,7 1 4